That's comforting for guys like Henderson, one of at least six Georgia receivers to miss practice time last preseason because of sore hamstrings.

The Bulldogs had a smaller pool of receivers to draw from last year and the decreasing numbers caused the coaches to switch up practices.

"The past years, about four or five receivers would go down every camp," said Bryant, a senior. "We have more depth this year and, hopefully, that will help us out, keep us a little more fresh."

Georgia started preseason camp with 13 scholarship receivers after the return from injury of Demiko Goodman, T.J. Gartrell and Sean Bailey and the addition of freshmen Israel Troupe, Walter Hill and Aron White. White was rated as the top tight end prospect by Rivals.com but is beginning his college career working with the wideouts.

"We have more depth than we've ever had," Richt said. "There's no question about that. We have more depth that understands what to do than we've ever had at receiver."

More players will mean more heated position battles, said receivers coach John Eason, who can't remember having this many players to work with in his previous six seasons at Georgia.

"At Florida State I've had that many, but not here," said Eason, who served on the Seminoles staff from 1981-94. "It's always nice to have that many. Some people think it's too many, but I've always felt it helps in terms of creating more competition."

If Georgia can keep its receivers healthy - and that's a big if in a preseason when the Bulldogs will practice 28 times - coaches could choose to tap into all of those bodies at receiver in ways they haven't been able to in the past.

"One of the things we wanted to do with no huddle is go to a four wide receiver set," Eason said. "We did not have enough people. In order to do that, you have to have at least eight, and you have to have eight to practice. What happens when you do that, you still have to have others because there will come a time when one of the eight will go down, even in a ballgame, and you can't keep it going."

Hamstring injuries to Henderson and Mohamed Massaquoi kept them out of games last year during a season in which Georgia's wideouts were plagued by dropped passes and totaled just four touchdown catches.

"It's so easy for us to go down because we probably run the most on the team constantly," Henderson said. "If two or three go down, you can't get a break. To have 15, it's the best thing that ever happened."